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First lady rallies Republicans; candidates stress future vision

by Andrew Pritchard
Published November 4, 2002

First lady Laura Bush rallied more than 2,000 Republicans in Eagan on Saturday, promoting the party's state and congressional candidates. "These great candidates will make Minnesota proud," she said. She...

Bush stumps for Coleman in 11th hour MN campaign visit

by Andrew Pritchard
Published November 4, 2002

Calling the facility "the house that Norm built," President George W. Bush praised Republican U.S. Senate candidate Norm Coleman on Sunday in front of thousands of supporters at St. Paul's Xcel Center. "The...

In candidate Mondale, Paul Wellstone’s legacy lives on

Published November 4, 2002

W By Libby George and Andrew Pritchard hen Walter Mondale left elected office for the last time in early 1985, the world had two Germanys, keeping Western technology from the Soviet Union was a national...

Mondale absent as Senate candidates debate issues

by Andrew Pritchard
Published November 4, 2002

Minnesota's elder statesman, former Vice President Walter Mondale, made his political presence felt by an absence Friday as he declined to appear on a televised Senate candidate debate sponsored by KSTP-TV...

Supreme Court orders changes to absentee ballots

by Dan Haugen
Published November 1, 2002

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled late Thursday afternoon that county election officials must provide revised, supplemental U.S. Senate absentee ballots to anyone who requests one. The order comes two...

Candidates criticize Mondale for refusing debate invite

by Libby George
Published November 1, 2002

Walter Mondale might have accepted the DFL bid for Senate, but he will not accept an invitation to the Star Tribune-KSTP debate scheduled for tonight. Candidates from the three other major parties have...

DFL delegates line up behind former VP Walter Mondale

by Andrew Pritchard
Published October 31, 2002

Cheering DFL delegates needed less time to nominate Walter Mondale than he needed to walk through the crowd to the podium and accept. "Tonight the nation, in fact the whole world, is watching Minnesota,...

Coleman and Republicans revive their campaigns

by Libby George
Published October 31, 2002

Responding to what Republican Party State Chairman Rob Eibensteiner called a "memorial service for Paul Wellstone (that) became a 'Get out the Vote' rally," Republicans on Wednesday encouraged party members...

Mondale to start campaign

Published October 30, 2002
DFL officials sue state over the way absentee ballots will be handled

Despite recent tragedy, the election-year politics continue

by Andrew Pritchard
Published October 29, 2002

With one week remaining before the Nov. 5 elections, major candidates in the metro area and statewide races have suspended campaign activities in the wake of Democratic Sen. Paul Wellstone's death Friday,...

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